but it does not mean that the government will stop paying its bills. la the treasury secretary told congress that by playing with some government accounts, for example, not reinvesting in certain government employee retirement programs, the treasury could create about $200 billion worth of additional head room in the debt ceiling, which, depending would last us another two months or so. trace? >> trace: two months, two days, who knows? peter barnes live for us at the white house. thank you. as we had reported sources said lawmakers have agreed to let tax cuts expire for some the wealthiest americans as part of their framework for avoiding the fiscal cliff. but spending cuts still very much up in the air. team fox coverage continues with rich edson on capitol hill. rich, what's the latest on that framework. >> trace, in just a few hours, tax rates across the board are scheduled to increase. this proposal deals with it. this is the framework that senators have been discussing here. families would pay the same income tax rates they do now on the first $45